Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

Metal
M
M
JR
JR
M
JE
M
M
JE
JE
M
JE
JE
JE
JE
M
Size
4
4
2
3+
3+
3
4-
3
4
21
2+
1
3
1
1
3
H H
Weight
81
80-7
78-2
11-7
/EGiEAN SEA. 23
Similar type. B. ITANIQN. Eagle as before ; in field to r., Triton to L ; all in
quad, incus.
Another similar.
Same type. R. Same type and symbol, in dotted circle.
Triton to r. ; right hand uplifted, and striking with trident some object below (fish ?) ;
in uplifted left hand, conch shell!— (Com/. Mionnet, Sup. iv. p. 324.) R. Star,
with eight rays.
ITHACA.
Note.—On the topography of Ithcea, and its vestiges of antiquity, tide Tr. in N. Greece, III.
p. 33.
Head of Pallas to r. B. leAKiiN, in two lines ; between them, naked male figure,
adv. ; right hand resting on hip ; left on hasta.
Another.
Bearded head, in close cap, to r. (Ulysses.) B. IGAKiiN, in two lines cock to r.
Two others.
; between,
Head of Pallas to I. B. IGA. Head of Ulysses to I.
Head of Ulysses to r. B. Fulmen, in wreath.
I9A. Owl, standing to r. B. Same type. — Electrotype.
lULIS CeJE.
Note.— lulis, like many Greek cities, received its name from a fountain (Stephan. in v.) which was
so called apparently, from its nature having been the reverse of that of the source which gave
name to Thurium in Magna Groecia. The fountain lulis was one of the sources of the river Elixus,
which, though little better than a torrent, is the largest stream in Ceos, and descends through a fertile
valley, which extends from lulis to the harbour where Coresus stood. lulis preserves some remains
of its walls as well as some fragments, indicative of the former existence of more than one temple.
It is remarkable also for a colossal lion, not far to the northward of the present town.
An inscription shows tliat lulis, like Carthma, was still flourishing at the commencement of the
Roman Empire. Standing on an insulated height, at a short distance from the best harbour in the
island, lulis is the natural citadel of Ceos. And hence it may have been more ancient even than the
Phoenician colony of Carthtea for the same reason it has endured to the ;
present day, while its once
opulent neighbour Coresus has left scarcely a trace of its former existence. During the ages when
CartliEea and Coresus produced a rich silver currency, and copper money was not yet employed in
the jEgtean, it can hardly be supposed that lulis had any mint, nor until after the Persian war,
when the island became a part of the Athenian territory, and when the mint of Athens coined silver
in such an abundance, as extinguished the silver coinage of Coresus, and for a time, at least, that of
Carthsea. The resistance made at Athens, about the year 405 B.C., to the introduction of a currency
of copper, leads to the belief, that it was already at that time in use in the jEgsean, as well as in some
of the minor states of continental Greece ; although, probably, it had not been long employed (com-
pare European Greece, p. 22).
Head of Jupiter to r. B. lOYAI. Bee.
Two others similar.
Another similar, but letters across the field.
Bearded head to r., with diadem ; above which, wreath of bay (Aristaus ?)•
B. lOY. Bee.
Head of Indian Bacchus ! to r. B. lOY . . Grapes.
Another.
Female head to r. B. lOYAI. Grapes.
Same type. B. lOY and bee, in wreath.
Two others.